At 2005-08-16 12:34, Declan Moriarty wrote: >Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words >> At 05:29 15.08.2005 -0800, Declan Moriarty wrote: >> >> >How far can you get lifting the the files out with a hex editor? Or >> >do you need to get track 0 as well? >> >> The thing is: Using a hex editor might work for one or two disks, but >> there are more than 1000 of them that need to be transferred. For >> convenience *and* safety, I'd like to read filesystem definition/docs, >> then write a tool, and be sure that even fragmented disks can be >> restored the way they should be. >> >> ciao, -- Jens Schönfeld >> > >1000 disks. Is any of the hardware about? The thing that strikes me as >easy is BUY one of the old boxes, set up a network link of some sort >from that to a live machine, and transfer that way. > >I presume you are transferring data disks from old machinery.
My first home computer was a TRS-80 and I also (later) used the trick that you mention: I wrote a program to read all of the data of a floppy (as separate files and directory information etc.) and send it via RS-232 to a Unix computer that would dump the files in it's own file system. That way I didn't need any knowledge of the file system of the TRS-80. Greetings, Jaap -- Author: Jaap van Ganswijk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
